July 24, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including AEW’s official TV announcement, All Out, Smackdown, SummerSlam, plus Colt Cabana joins us to talk a ton of different topics, none of which are related to CM PUNK. A fun show as always so check it out~! […]

July 23, 2019 - Well, here it is, we have finally discovered the single worst Nitro of all time. It’s barely arguable. A show so bad that there are two of the dumbest things in wrestling history that totally got buried because so many other stupid things happened in the year 2000. RAW was good. Thank God these reviews […]

July 23, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live is back with Mike Sempervive flying solo today, and we open up the phone lines to hear what people’s reactions were to last night’s big Raw Reunion. Plus, AAA is coming to MSG and The Forum, Jon Moxley is coming to Bloodsport, tonight’s G1 lineup, and a variety of wild promos about events coming […]

July 23, 2019 - Why is WWE so terminally un-hip? It wasn’t always this way. In the mid-1980s, the WWF was a pop culture house of fire and everyday people knew who Hulk Hogan was. MTV, Mr. T, Cyndi Lauper, movies — it was a perfect story of pop culture relevance. In the late 1990s, DX and the NWO […]

July 23, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of the RAW REUNION show, a show that did, in fact, feature a RAW reunion and damn near nothing else of note, AEW notes, Jon Jones gets in trouble again, Seth Rollins puts foot in […]

July 22, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with all the news in wrestling including your RAW Reunion preview for tonight, a full list of who is attending, Randy Orton vs. Will Ospreay, your calls and texts and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right […]

July 22, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look back at NWA World Championship Wrestling from September of 1988. And then, besides our weekly review, Vinny is punished, SUBJECTED to KAZUCHIKA OKADA VS. WILL OSPREAY FROM THE G-1 CLIMAX TOURNAMENT SATURDAY. A fun show as always so check […]

July 21, 2019 - Host Karl Stern is back with a fresh edition of DragonKing Dark, taking a look at 10 interesting curses in both history and popular culture. Are there any that actually pass the slightest bit of inspection and make you go, “hmmm?” From obvious ones like buried pirate treasure to ones less known, people have long been […]

July 21, 2019 - It’s the first weekly Saturday edition of Wrestling Observer Live. I’m hosting solo for the first time. Callers and I talk about the incredible G1 Climax matches: Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley vs. Tomohiro Ishii. In addition, we talk about the chase for the AEW World Championship and why I think Chris Jericho should beat Hangman Adam Page so Page’s […]

July 21, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a bunch of thoughts on G-1 including all the block matches from Saturday morning, best matches in the tournament so far, RAW and Smackdown this week, tons of news, mailbag and more. A fun show as always so […]

July 20, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back.  We kick off the episode with a discussion on WWE possibly counter programming AEW’s weekly TV show with NXT. We talk about what it says about what Vince McMahon thinks of them as competition. We then talk about CM Punk being at Starrcast. […]

July 19, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Jim Valley is back today with all the latest news from the past couple of days, WWE, Smackville next week, Ishii vs. Moxley in the G-1 and more, plus we’ve got a very special announcement regarding Jim and Wrestling Observer Live! A fun show as always so check […]

July 19, 2019 - On today’s Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher and Vic Sosa start down the road to All Out, talk CM Punk coming to Starrcast, and look at the G1 so far. Along the way, we’ll tell you how you can help Tennessee wrestling legend Don Wright and his family recover from a terrible tragedy, talk about Tully Blanchard […]

July 19, 2019 - Fumi Saito has an in-person account of night five of the G1 Climax from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. His thoughts on Will Ospreay vs. Kota Ibushi, how Lance Archer appears to be gaining respect and momentum, the crowd’s reaction to  KENTA, and why his favorite match of the night was Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. ZSJ. Plus, we go in-depth on […]

July 18, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with tons to talk about including our weekly chat with Granny, her Weekly Wrestling Report, SHOCKING BEHIND-THE-SCENES DETAILS, and more, then Bryan and Vinny review NXT from Full Sail, a great show, and a horrible boring go-home Superstars show for SummerSlam 1992. A fun show as always […]

July 18, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back today with tons to talk about from the last few days including the Raw and Smackdown ratings, more on the Smackdown debut on FOX and what they’re trying to do, tons of news and notes from the past few days, calls, texts and more! A fun show […]

July 18, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Raw and Smackdown ratings, SummerSlam, FOX plans for the RAW debut, AEW Road to All Out, G-1 and the weekend schedule, Will Ospreay, mailbag and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: […]

July 18, 2019 - Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including our weekly look at Smackdown live, liquid courage and Beyond Wrestling, Tom reads one chapter of Bryan’s book and has questions, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

July 17, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live is back with Mike Sempervive flying solo today, short-notice, as the Bossman Bryan Alvarez faced an unplanned power outage. Unlike yesterday, which was planned. That’s hard times in the Pacific Northwest. We talk a little about last night’s SmackDown, Raw’s rating holding stronger, tomorrow’s night five of the NJPW G1 Climax, and much […]

July 17, 2019 - In the third and final part of our interview with Rip Rogers on his time in Portland Wrestling, we talk about the beginning of the build up to the famous hair match between Rowdy Roddy Piper and Playboy Buddy Rose. It took months to build heat for the blow-off match as Rose was challenged by […]

July 17, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. Joining us is special guest Larry Dallas who is going to be one of the commentators for the English language feed for the July 21st Kobe World Festival show on Dragon Gate’s streaming network. Larry previews the show and looks at the main matches […]

July 16, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live is back with Mike Sempervive flying solo today, as the Bossman Bryan Alvarez faces a “planned power outage.” Not like Drake Maverick. But humbling, nonetheless. We talk last night’s Raw, and ideas that are on the table for Bray Wyatt and next week’s reunion show. Plus, NJPW G1 (EVIL/2010 Karl Anderson?), last […]

July 16, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today with tons to talk about in our look back at RAW and Nitro from 19 years ago this week. Bryan had a planned power outage and his second of two straight days of dental work so he didn’t watch RAW, but he did watch Nitro, […]

July 16, 2019 - On this episode of the DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Show, pro wrestling historian Karl Stern takes a look back at the year 1979 in pro wrestling. 1979 was a pretty epic year in wrestling, and Karl looks at Dusty Rhodes (who finally wins the NWA World title), Harley Race, Ric Flair, Ted DiBiase, Tommy Rich, and […]

July 16, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including full RAW results from Monday night, the top SummerSlam matches, G-1 report from last night, mailbag questions and more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: Start – 4:00: SummerSlam top two matches set 4:00 […]

July 15, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back today with tons to talk about including a full review of last night’s Extreme Rules including the highs and lows of the show, tons of feedback on that show and a discussion of who should beat Brock and become the next face of the […]

July 15, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including a full recap of WWE Extreme Rules with Brock Lesnar as new WWE Champion, AEW injuries, Ospreay injured and off today’s G-1 show, mailbag questions and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Timestamps: […]

July 15, 2019 - The Bryan & Vinny Show is back today with a full review of WWE Extreme Rules, a very WWE show if there ever was one. All the matches, angles, nonsense, storylines, title changes, non-surprises and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~! Right click save

July 14, 2019 - Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including a look at all the crazy stuff from this past weekend, WWE Extreme Rules, AEW Fight for the Fallen, the G-1, all the news and feedback and more. Best of all this show is FREE! If you love […]

July 14, 2019 - On this episode of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern digs into the DragonKing Darker archives and deconstructs two Rush songs of interest to fans. First is the atmospheric and dark Witch Hunt, which may be one of the most frightening songs ever because we are pretty much living it now. The second is The Weapon, […]